1 00:00:04,714 --> 00:00:07,500 This world where the mighty trample the workers 2 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:11,067 and tell us this is the way it must be 3 00:00:11,067 --> 00:00:12,393 will collapse 4 00:00:12,701 --> 00:00:14,559 and a world of freedom will arise 5 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:19,367 where everyone will contribute to a better life 6 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:22,400 said August Spies when sentenced to death by the tribunal 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:28,117 charged for being the leader of May 1st 1886 8 00:00:57,702 --> 00:00:58,329 By the second half of the XIXth century 9 00:00:58,329 --> 00:01:00,651 the economy of Europe and the United States had been totally transformed 10 00:01:00,651 --> 00:01:03,960 many workers that lived out of what they produced from the fields 11 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,708 now depend on salary 12 00:01:14,077 --> 00:01:16,531 farmers, shoemakers, artisans 13 00:01:16,654 --> 00:01:18,538 all of them are now operators 14 00:01:18,538 --> 00:01:22,291 12... 13... 16 hours of work 15 00:01:23,282 --> 00:01:24,559 Beat-point 16 00:01:24,869 --> 00:01:32,000 Precarious conditions, little money to eat, live, and return to work 17 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,067 They sold the strength of their arms too cheaply 18 00:01:35,067 --> 00:01:38,300 Short afterwards, they discovered that such strength could be used 19 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:41,467 to defend themselves, their families and companions 20 00:01:41,467 --> 00:01:43,398 The operator's indignation ripens 21 00:01:43,398 --> 00:01:46,463 new lines of action and thought appear 22 00:01:46,463 --> 00:01:49,267 that look for the organization of workers 23 00:01:49,267 --> 00:01:51,600 they dreamed with a new society 24 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,351 with no oppressed nor opressor 25 00:01:53,367 --> 00:01:56,259 a just, fraternal society 26 00:02:03,967 --> 00:02:08,500 In Chicago, the beginning of a general strike was called for May 1st 27 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:11,262 stopped operatives, stopped machines 28 00:02:11,262 --> 00:02:16,882 workers from all genders in the streets to fight for a better, renewed life 29 00:02:19,067 --> 00:02:21,572 The repression shot its arms cowardly 30 00:02:21,572 --> 00:02:23,851 and 6 people died 31 00:02:26,067 --> 00:02:29,333 in answer, anarchists called for a grand act 32 00:02:29,333 --> 00:02:33,100 on the day of May 4th at the Haymarket Square 33 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:36,736 the troop in service marched again against the masses 34 00:02:43,567 --> 00:02:45,981 a bomb interrupted the journey 35 00:03:00,674 --> 00:03:02,800 Fussiles and machine guns sounded highly 36 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,529 too highly 37 00:03:04,529 --> 00:03:07,269 it's been said that for 5 minutes 38 00:03:07,269 --> 00:03:10,288 rioters died, police too 39 00:03:10,288 --> 00:03:13,156 All of them workers from all genders 40 00:03:14,033 --> 00:03:16,464 someone had to be considered guilty 41 00:03:16,464 --> 00:03:19,761 and 5 leaders from the worker's movement were arrested 42 00:03:19,761 --> 00:03:21,480 sentenced to the capital punishment 43 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,836 the judgement would be annuled years after their death 44 00:03:25,067 --> 00:03:26,733 the ideas, not since 45 00:03:26,733 --> 00:03:28,700 they are not made from flesh nor bones 46 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:31,900 they defeat death and win the world 47 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:37,051 In 1889, the II International Socialist 48 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:41,369 announces May 1st as the Worker's Day 49 00:03:41,815 --> 00:03:44,999 The main flag, the reduction of the working day 50 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:50,216 8 hours of work 51 00:03:53,431 --> 00:03:55,202 8 hours of pleasure 52 00:03:59,741 --> 00:04:01,979 8 hours of rest 53 00:04:22,687 --> 00:04:24,870 1890, Spain for 8 hours of work 54 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:27,285 1907, Festival in La Paz, Bolivia 55 00:04:27,285 --> 00:04:30,257 1909, 30 thousand people in Buenos Aires, Argentina 56 00:04:30,257 --> 00:04:33,467 1913, 25 thousand workers in Mexico 57 00:04:33,467 --> 00:04:35,505 In Russia, the Czar falls 58 00:04:35,505 --> 00:04:39,933 the victory of popular power invites to the awakening of rights 59 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:44,607 the fight of workers, symbolized by the May 1st, 60 00:04:44,607 --> 00:04:48,129 was improving the life and allowing new demands 61 00:04:49,437 --> 00:04:54,870 In 1919 the ILO, International Labour Organization, 62 00:04:54,870 --> 00:05:00,867 have determined 8h of workday and 40h of working week. 63 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:05,459 Goverments and entrepreneur celebrate with the workers 64 00:05:05,459 --> 00:05:09,406 Great carnivals of music, games and gifts 65 00:05:09,406 --> 00:05:12,506 amused and inebriated the memory of the date 66 00:05:13,029 --> 00:05:16,369 they wanted to reinvent the May 1st 67 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,087 But if have ever marked in the calendars 68 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:21,527 Day of fight! 69 00:05:21,527 --> 00:05:23,802 1920, ten thousands workers in Japan 70 00:05:23,802 --> 00:05:26,310 1925, founded the National Confederation 71 00:05:26,310 --> 00:05:27,843 of Chinese Syndicates 72 00:05:27,843 --> 00:05:32,533 1946, Australia, Aboriginals does a strike to reclaim better labour conditions 73 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:35,412 1950, mobilization in South Africa 74 00:05:35,412 --> 00:05:38,059 1954, 30 thousand people in Honduras 75 00:05:38,059 --> 00:05:41,371 1962, tens of thousands people in Portugal 76 00:05:41,371 --> 00:05:45,705 1968, Paris Spring, workers and students 77 00:05:45,705 --> 00:05:50,200 1970, Seatle, EUA, protests against the war in Vietnam and Cambodia 78 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,333 79 00:05:54,333 --> 00:05:57,564 1975, Angola, national holiday 80 00:05:57,564 --> 00:06:01,525 1978, Chile, protests agains the ditatorial government of Pinochet 81 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:12,634 82 00:10:15,109 --> 00:10:19,697 83 00:10:22,364 --> 00:10:24,643 84 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,353 It is May, the our May...